Station Six-Sahara

Station Six-Sahara

U.S. theatrical poster
Directed by Seth Holt
Produced by Artur Brauner
Gene Gutowski
Victor Lyndon
Written by Brian Clemens
Bryan Forbes
Based on a play by Jean Martet
Starring Carroll Baker
Peter van Eyck
Ian Bannen
Denholm Elliott
Music by Ron Grainer
Cinematography Gerald Gibbs
Edited by Alastair McIntyre
Production
company
CCC Films
Artur Brauner Productions
Distributed by British Lion
Allied Artists
Release date
9 December 1962
Running time
101 minutes
Country United Kingdom
West Germany
Language English

Station Six-Sahara is a 1962 British-West German international co-production drama film directed by Seth Holt and starring Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck and Ian Bannen. It is a remake of the 1938 film S.O.S. Sahara, which had been based on a play by Jean Martet.[1]

Synopsis

When an attractive young woman arrives at an isolated oil station in the Sahara Desert, she provokes a growing tension in the male employees.

Cast

Production

The film was part of an ambitious plan by the German production firm CCC Films to begin making films in London, which ended after only two releases.[2]

It was shot mostly in London with some location work in Libya. As a female in Libya, Baker's movements were heavily restricted.[3]

Reception

The film was reasonably successful on its release in both Britain and Germany.[4]

Critical reception

Contemporary reviewers The Times commented that "for once in a British film some real erotic tension is palpable on the screen", while Dilys Powell described the film as "true cinema".[5]

The film was greatly admired by Martin Scorsese.[6]

References

  1. Bergelder p.128
  2. Bergfelder p.128
  3. Gordon Guides Kirk in 'Three on Match': Nichols-May Ad-Libs Out; the Perils of Carroll Baker Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]07 June 1962: C9.
  4. Bergfelder p.129
  5. "BFI - Sight & Sound - Lost and found: Station Six Sahara".
  6. "Lost and found: Station Six Sahara" BFI 10 Feb 2012 accessed 16 Oct 2014

Bibliography


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